Dr Amir Khan

Not if you've got the progesterone in there as well, so no.

But if you have a womb and you're only given oestrogen and not progesterone, and that can happen by accident somehow, by mistake, please just check that.

Right.

You should always be taking progesterone if you're taking oestrogen and HRT.

If you have a womb.

If you don't have a womb, if you've had a hysterectomy, you can just have oestrogen.

Right.

Yeah.

Yes.

Right.

Girlies, every woman is drilled into them to check their boobs once a month, right?

It's drilled into them.

The same thing is true of your vulva.

Now, it's not as easy because you can't just get your hand and have a feel.

You've got to have a look when it comes to your vulva.

And remember, your vulva goes all the way around to your bottom, your anus.

Right.

No, no, no.

So you do need either a handheld mirror that you can maneuver around to have a look, or you can put a bigger mirror on the floor and just have a look kind of from a bird's eye view.

But the key thing is knowing what's normal for you and knowing what your skin around your vulva looks like and getting any changes or abnormalities checked.